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Thank you Betsy. Her little preschool is not very style conscious- so I don't think anyone there will be impressed with how fancy the jeans are. But high water jeans bug me and I am happy with this fux

Such a great idea...and cute, too.Reminds me that when my daughter was little, her grandmother crocheted the cutest pink jacket. As daughter grew, Grandmother just crocheted another row around the sleeves and the bottom. Daughter wore that little jacket for quite awhile and, OOO, how I wish I had saved it. bwaaaaaa

Cute! I am going to show Megan and see if she would wear them. She is now 7 and in 2nd grade so she is starting to share her opinion about what she wears... sigh. She is super skinny and can wear a size 5 in the waist, but has to have 7's for the length. They are gathered so tight that they look crazy.

Wendi, I hope Megan likes them. Elizabeth can wear 3s and 4s but needs a 5 for length and that gathered up waist looks funny and doesn't look too comfortable either.Another idea I saw was to cut about 2 inches off the bottom of jeans, add a strip of fabric to each leg and then sew the cut off bottom with the hem back on. I may do that on E's other pairs of high waters.

Very clever and looks very cute !! As to holes in the knees that's in style. Ha ha when I was young and you wore out your jeans from scrubbing floors and doing work, it was bad to have holes in your jeans and now they sell them that way / too funny :)

Very cute! I love the brown polka dot as trim. I also like the idea of the fancy stitching over the white stripe from the former hem edge. That makes it look like it was meant to be made that way. I haven't seen the ruffled ones you talked about, but I think I go along with your daughter on this one.

What a cute idea! Too bad, I can't do this for my son. His skinny waist and long legs are driving me nuts because I can't find casual pants to fit him. Thankfully, I can get the correct size in jeans, so he will have a nice pair to wear out.